La Vuelta Femenina 2024
Latest News from the Race
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La Vuelta Femenina: Demi Vollering crushes competition on first summit finish to win stage 5, takes overall lead
Dutch champion solos to victory ahead of second-placed Yara Kastelijn, third-placed Elisa Longo Borghini atop Alto del Fuerte Rapitán -
'It was not the main goal' - Marianne Vos takes red leader's jersey at La Vuelta Femenina
Visma-Lease a Bike lead eight-day race into decisive mountain stages -
La Vuelta Femenina GC standings: The winners and losers after stage 4 echelons
Big time gaps on windswept stage to Zaragoza
Date | April 28 - May 5, 2024 |
Distance | 867km |
Start location | Valencia |
End location | Valdesquí. Comunidad de Madrid |
UCI class | Women's WorldTour |
Last edition | La Vuelta Femenina 2023 |
Stage 5: Demi Vollering crushes competition on first summit finish, takes overall lead
Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) won stage 5 of La Vuelta Femenina on the Fuerte Rapitán finishing climb, soloing to the victory by 28 seconds ahead of Yara Kastelijn (Fenix-Deceuninck) and Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) atop Alto del Fuerte Rapitán. Vollering is also the new overall leader.
Stage 4: Kristen Faulkner wins echelon-heavy stage 4 with late solo attack
Using a solo attack across the final 6km, Kristen Faulkner (EF Education-Cannondale) won stage 4 of the Vuelta Feminina. Georgia Baker (Liv-AlUla-Jayco) won the sprint for second place in the chase group of 17 riders, 10 seconds back. Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) finished third, and took the red race leader's jersey from Blanka Vas (SD Worx-Protime), who finished fourth.
Stage 3: Marianne Vos fastest in reduced bunch sprint
Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike) won stage 3 of the La Vuelta Femenina, launching her sprint 150 metres from the line and finishing several bike lengths ahead of Charlotte Kool (Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL) and Olivia Baril (Movistar Team). The stage victory marked Vos' 252nd career road race victory.
Stage 2: Alison Jackson wins stage 2 sprint after crash-marred finale
Alison Jackson (EF Education-Cannondale) won stage 2 of the Vuelta Femenina in a sprint of those who survived a crash-marred final, beating Blanka Vas (SD Worx-Protime) and Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team ADQ). Having taken bonus seconds at the finish and the intermediate sprint, Vas is the new overall leader.
Stage 1: Lidl-Trek win opening team time trial despite late crash
Lidl-Trek won the opening TTT of the Vuelta Femenina in Valencia, beating Team Visma-Lease a Bike by only nine-hundredths of a second after having to regroup after a crash in the final kilometre. The team was fastest at the intermediate timing point and looked like the certain winner, but Ellen van Dijk crashed in the final corner, taking down Elynor Bäckstedt with her and disrupting the paceline. With the seconds ticking down, Brodie Chapman and Elisa Longo Borghini waited for Gaia Realini and Lizzie Deignan to catch up, and Longo Borghini threw her bike on the finish line to take the victory. Realini crossed the line first and will be the first wearer of the red leader's jersey.
La Vuelta Femenina 2024 Overview
The second edition of the revamped La Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour.es will take place from April 28 to May 5. The 2024 edition has expanded to eight stages and begins with a team time trial in Valencia, will be routed through the Pyrenees, and ends in Valdesquí. Comunidad de Madrid.
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La Vuelta Femenina History
Last year, the new La Vuelta Femenina by Carrefour.es, was a seven-day stage race, while the previous eight editions of the event were known as the Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta and held at the end of the season in September.
The race started in 2015 as a one-day event, won by US sprinter Shelley Olds. The race was added to the Women's WorldTour calendar the following year, where Jolien D'hoore won back-to-back editions in 2016 and 2017.
Expanding to a two-day race in 2018, Ellen van Dijk, then racing for Team Sunweb, claimed the overall title largely due to a commanding opening team time trial. Recently retired Lisa Brennauer went on to win consecutive titles in 2019 as a two-day race and in 2020 when the race moved into a three-day format.
Annemiek van Vleuten then took over with back-to-back titles the last two years at the Ceratizit Challenge by La Vuelta. At the 2021 race, she dominated the individual time trial and the mountain stage to secure overall victory. In 2022, the Movistar rider attacked on the Fuente las Varas, the penultimate climb of stage 2, and jumped into a lead she would carry to the conclusion on stage 5 in Madrid.
Last year's seven-day race, held in May, presented the riders with a challenging and mountainous event. Annemiek van Vleuten won the overall title by just nine seconds over Demi Vollering after a thrilling battle for the red jersey.
2024 La Vuelta Femenina route
La Vuelta Femenina 2024 race will take place from April 28 to May 5, 2024. The route was presented in Madrid on March 8, with organisers announcing that the eight-day race would tackle the Pyrenees and finish in the Sierras of Madrid.
All the details of the La Vuelta Femenina 2024.
La Vuelta Femenina 2024 start list
La Vuelta Femenina schedule
Stage | Start/Finish | Start time | Finish time |
Stage 1 | Valencia (TTT), 16km | 15:56 | 17:15 |
Stage 2 | Buñol-Moncofa, 118.5km | 14:05 | 17:15 |
Stage 3 | Lucena-Teruel, 130.5km | 13:35 | 17:15 |
Stage 4 | Molina de Aragon-Zaragoza, 142.5km | 13:50 | 17:15 |
Stage 5 | Huesca-Jaca, 114km | 14:05 | 17:15 |
Stage 6 | Tarazona-La Laguna Negra, 132.5km | 13:30 | 17:15 |
Stage 7 | San Esteban de Gormaz-Siguenza, 139km | 12:55 | 16:15 |
Stage 8 | Madrid, 89.5km | 10:50 | 13:30 |
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La Vuelta Femenina 202428 April 2024 - 5 May 2024 | Spain | Women's WorldTour
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Updated - Crashes disrupt second day of racing at La Vuelta Femenina
Visma-Lease a Bike's Marianna Vos finishes stage 2 while teammate Anna Henderson taken to hospital -
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Full route presentation on March 8 in 2024 start city of Valencia
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'This is just the beginning' says Realini after Vuelta Femenina overall podium
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Realini seizes ‘now or never’ moment to claim to-and-fro Vuelta Femenina win
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